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2 Nephi 30:18 18 Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto thechildren of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shallhave power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for along time. And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of mysayings.

2 Nephi 31Chapter 31

2 Nephi 31:1 1 And now I, Nephi, make an end of my prophesying unto you, mybeloved brethren. And I cannot write but a few things, which Iknow must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few ofthe words of my brother Jacob.

2 Nephi 31:2 2 Wherefore, the things which I have written sufficeth me, saveit be a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine ofChrist; wherefore, I shall speak unto you plainly, according tothe plainness of my prophesying.

2 Nephi 31:3 3 For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this mannerdoth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the LordGod giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto menaccording to their language, unto their understanding.

2 Nephi 31:4 4 Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spokenunto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me,that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away thesins of the world.

2 Nephi 31:5 5 And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have needto be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, howmuch more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, evenby water!

2 Nephi 31:6 6 And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein theLamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized bywater?

2 Nephi 31:7 7 Know ye not that he was holy? But notwithstanding he beingholy, he showeth unto the children of men that, according to theflesh he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth untothe Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping hiscommandments.

2 Nephi 31:8 8 Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghostdescended upon him in the form of a dove.

2 Nephi 31:9 9 And again, it showeth unto the children of men thestraightness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, bywhich they should enter, he having set the example before them.

2 Nephi 31:10 10 And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shallbe willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

2 Nephi 31:11 11 And the Father said: Repent ye, repent ye, and be baptized inthe name of my Beloved Son.

2 Nephi 31:12 12 And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He thatis baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the HolyGhost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the thingswhich ye have seen me do.

2 Nephi 31:13 13 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shallfollow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisyand no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting ofyour sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to takeupon you the name of Christ, by baptism--yea, by following yourLord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word,behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then comeththe baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speakwith the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the Holy One ofIsrael.

2 Nephi 31:14 14 But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of theSon unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, andwitnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep mycommandments, by the baptism of water, and have received thebaptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a newtongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels, and after thisshould deny me, it would have been better for you that ye had notknown me.

2 Nephi 31:15 15 And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the wordsof my Beloved are true and faithful. He that endureth to theend, the same shall be saved.

2 Nephi 31:16 16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless aman shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Sonof the living God, he cannot be saved.

2 Nephi 31:17 17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seenthat your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this causehave they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate bywhich ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter isrepentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission ofyour sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.

2 Nephi 31:18 18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads toeternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have doneaccording to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and yehave received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father andthe Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made,that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.

2 Nephi 31:19 19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into thisstrait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, Isay unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were bythe word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying whollyupon the merits of him who is mighty to save.

2 Nephi 31:20 20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness inChrist, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of Godand of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feastingupon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thussaith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.

2 Nephi 31:21 21 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; andthere is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby mancan be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is thedoctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father,and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, withoutend. Amen.

2 Nephi 32Chapter 32

2 Nephi 32:1 1 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye pondersomewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do afterye have entered in by the way. But, behold, why do ye ponderthese things in your hearts?

2 Nephi 32:2 2 Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye hadreceived the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels?

And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save itwere by the Holy Ghost?

2 Nephi 32:3 3 Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, theyspeak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feastupon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ willtell you all things what ye should do.

2 Nephi 32:4 4 Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannotunderstand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do yeknock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but mustperish in the dark.

2 Nephi 32:5 5 For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in bythe way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you allthings what ye should do.

2 Nephi 32:6 6 Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be nomore doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself untoyou in the flesh. And when he shall manifest himself unto you inthe flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall yeobserve to do.

2 Nephi 32:7 7 And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mineutterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, andthe wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness ofmen; for they will not search knowledge, nor understand greatknowledge, when it is given unto them in plainness, even as plainas word can be.

2 Nephi 32:8 8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder stillin your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerningthis thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit whichteacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for theevil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that hemust not pray.

2 Nephi 32:9 9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and notfaint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save inthe first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name ofChrist, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, thatthy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.

2 Nephi 33Chapter 33

2 Nephi 33:1 1 And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which weretaught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like untospeaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghostthe power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of thechildren of men.

2 Nephi 33:2 2 But behold, there are many that harden their hearts againstthe Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, theycast many things away which are written and esteem them as thingsof naught.

2 Nephi 33:3 3 But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteemit as of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I praycontinually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow bynight, because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and Iknow that he will hear my cry.

2 Nephi 33:4 4 And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers forthe gain of my people. And the words which I have written inweakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them todo good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and itspeaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and toendure to the end, which is life eternal.

2 Nephi 33:5 5 And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to theplainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at thewords which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of thedevil.

2 Nephi 33:6 6 I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus,for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.

2 Nephi 33:7 7 I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that Ishall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat.

2 Nephi 33:8 8 I have charity for the Jew--I say Jew, because I mean themfrom whence I came.

2 Nephi 33:9 9 I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none ofthese can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, andenter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path whichleads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the dayof probation.

2 Nephi 33:10 10 And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye endsof the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; andif ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if yeshall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for theyare the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and theyteach all men that they should do good.

2 Nephi 33:11 11 And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye--for Christwill show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are hiswords, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to facebefore his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded ofhim to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.

2 Nephi 33:12 12 And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many of us,if not all, may be saved in his kingdom at that great and lastday.

2 Nephi 33:13 13 And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of the houseof Israel, and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you as thevoice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great dayshall come.

2 Nephi 33:14 14 And you that will not partake of the goodness of God, andrespect the words of the Jews, and also my words, and the wordswhich shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the Lamb of God,behold, I bid you an everlasting farewell, for these words shallcondemn you at the last day.

2 Nephi 33:15 15 For what I seal on earth, shall be brought against you at thejudgment bar; for thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I mustobey. Amen.

JacobTHE BOOK OF JACOBTHE BROTHER OF NEPHIThe words of his preaching unto his brethren. He confoundeth aman who seeketh to overthrow the doctrine of Christ. A few wordsconcerning the history of the people of Nephi.

Jacob 1Chapter 1

Jacob 1:1 1 For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years hadpassed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore,Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment concerning the small plates,upon which these things are engraven.

Jacob 1:2 2 And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write uponthese plates a few of the things which I consider to be mostprecious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly,concerning the history of this people which are called the peopleof Nephi.

Jacob 1:3 3 For he said that the history of his people should be engravenupon his other plates, and that I should preserve these platesand hand them down unto my seed, from generation to generation.

Jacob 1:4 4 And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelationwhich was great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the headsof them upon these plates, and touch upon them as much as it werepossible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.

Jacob 1:5 5 For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been mademanifest unto us concerning our people, what things should happenunto them.

Jacob 1:6 6 And we also had many revelations, and the spirit of muchprophecy; wherefore, we knew of Christ and his kingdom, whichshould come.

Jacob 1:7 7 Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that wemight persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of thegoodness of God, that they might enter into his rest, lest by anymeans he should swear in his wrath they should not enter in, asin the provocation in the days of temptation while the childrenof Israel were in the wilderness.

Jacob 1:8 8 Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men notto rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all menwould believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his crossand bear the shame of the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take itupon me to fulfil the commandment of my brother Nephi.

Jacob 1:9 9 Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon die;wherefore, he anointed a man to be a king and a ruler over hispeople now, according to the reigns of the kings.

Jacob 1:10 10 The people having loved Nephi exceedingly, he having been agreat protector for them, having wielded the sword of Laban intheir defence, and having labored in all his days for theirwelfare--

Jacob 1:11 11 Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrancehis name. And whoso should reign in his stead were called by thepeople, second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to thereigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the people, letthem be of whatever name they would.

Jacob 1:12 12 And it came to pass that Nephi died.

Jacob 1:13 13 Now the people which were not Lamanites were Nephites;nevertheless, they were called Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites,Zoramites, Lamanites, Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites.

Jacob 1:14 14 But I, Jacob, shall not hereafter distinguish them by thesenames, but I shall call them Lamanites that seek to destroy thepeople of Nephi, and those who are friendly to Nephi I shall callNephites, or the people of Nephi, according to the reigns of thekings.

Jacob 1:15 15 And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under thereign of the second king, began to grow hard in their hearts, andindulge themselves somewhat in wicked practices, such as likeunto David of old desiring many wives and concubines, and alsoSolomon, his son.

Jacob 1:16 16 Yea, and they also began to search much gold and silver, andbegan to be lifted up somewhat in pride.

Jacob 1:17 17 Wherefore I, Jacob, gave unto them these words as I taughtthem in the temple, having first obtained mine errand from theLord.

Jacob 1:18 18 For I, Jacob, and my brother Joseph had been consecratedpriests and teachers of this people, by the hand of Nephi.

Jacob 1:19 19 And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon usthe responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our ownheads if we did not teach them the word of God with alldiligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their bloodmight not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood wouldcome upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at thelast day.

Jacob 2Chapter 2

Jacob 2:1 1 The words which Jacob, the brother of Nephi, spake unto thepeople of Nephi, after the death of Nephi:

Jacob 2:2 2 Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to theresponsibility which I am under to God, to magnify mine officewith soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, Icome up into the temple this day that I might declare unto youthe word of God.

Jacob 2:3 3 And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent inthe office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down withmuch more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than Ihave hitherto been.

Jacob 2:4 4 For behold, as yet, ye have been obedient unto the word of theLord, which I have given unto you.

Jacob 2:5 5 But behold, hearken ye unto me, and know that by the help ofthe all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth I can tell youconcerning your thoughts, how that ye are beginning to labor insin, which sin appeareth very abominable unto me, yea, andabominable unto God.

Jacob 2:6 6 Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shamebefore the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto youconcerning the wickedness of your hearts.

Jacob 2:7 7 And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness ofspeech concerning you, before your wives and your children, manyof whose feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicatebefore God, which thing is pleasing unto God;

Jacob 2:8 8 And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear thepleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the woundedsoul.

Jacob 2:9 9 Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be constrained,because of the strict commandment which I have received from God,to admonish you according to your crimes, to enlarge the woundsof those who are already wounded, instead of consoling andhealing their wounds; and those who have not been wounded,instead of feasting upon the pleasing word of God have daggersplaced to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds.

Jacob 2:10 10 But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must doaccording to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerningyour wickedness and abominations, in the presence of the pure inheart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercingeye of the Almighty God.

Jacob 2:11 11 Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to theplainness of the word of God. For behold, as I inquired of theLord, thus came the word unto me, saying: Jacob, get thou upinto the temple on the morrow, and declare the word which I shallgive thee unto this people.

Jacob 2:12 12 And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declareunto you, that many of you have begun to search for gold, and forsilver, and for all manner of precious ores, in the which thisland, which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed, dothabound most plentifully.

Jacob 2:13 13 And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you mostpleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because someof you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethrenye are lifted up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiffnecks and high heads because of the costliness of your apparel,and persecute your brethren because ye suppose that ye are betterthan they.

Jacob 2:14 14 And now, my brethren, do ye suppose that God justifieth youin this thing? Behold, I say unto you, Nay. But he condemnethyou, and if ye persist in these things his judgments mustspeedily come unto you.

Jacob 2:15 15 O that he would show you that he can pierce you, and with oneglance of his eye he can smite you to the dust!

Jacob 2:16 16 O that he would rid you from this iniquity and abomination. And, O that ye would listen unto the word of his commands, andlet not this pride of your hearts destroy your souls!

Jacob 2:17 17 Think of your brethren like unto yourselves, and be familiarwith all and free with your substance, that they may be rich likeunto you.

Jacob 2:18 18 But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom ofGod.

Jacob 2:19 19 And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtainriches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent todo good--to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and toliberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and theafflicted.

Jacob 2:20 20 And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerningpride; and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, andpersecuted him because ye were proud in your hearts, of thethings which God hath given you, what say ye of it?

Jacob 2:21 21 Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable unto himwho created all flesh? And the one being is as precious in hissight as the other. And all flesh is of the dust; and for theselfsame end hath he created them, that they should keep hiscommandments and glorify him forever.

Jacob 2:22 22 And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning thispride. And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning agrosser crime, my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you.

Jacob 2:23 23 But the word of God burdens me because of your grossercrimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin towax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for theyseek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of thethings which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

Jacob 2:24 24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives andconcubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.

Jacob 2:25 25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forthout of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that Imight raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of theloins of Joseph.

Jacob 2:26 26 Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this peopleshall do like unto them of old.

Jacob 2:27 27 Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word ofthe Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it beone wife; and concubines he shall have none;

Jacob 2:28 28 For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. Andwhoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord ofHosts.

Jacob 2:29 29 Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith theLord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.

Jacob 2:30 30 For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed untome, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken untothese things.

Jacob 2:31 31 For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard themourning of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem,yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the wickednessand abominations of their husbands.

Jacob 2:32 32 And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that thecries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led outof the land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the menof my people, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:33 33 For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of mypeople because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them witha sore curse, even unto destruction; for they shall not commitwhoredoms, like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Jacob 2:34 34 And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandmentswere given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known thembefore; and ye have come unto great condemnation; for ye havedone these things which ye ought not to have done.

Jacob 2:35 35 Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites,our brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives,and lost the confidence of your children, because of your badexamples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts ascend upto God against you. And because of the strictness of the word ofGod, which cometh down against you, many hearts died, piercedwith deep wounds.

Jacob 3Chapter 3

Jacob 3:1 1 But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure inheart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto himwith exceeding faith, and he will console you in yourafflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down justiceupon those who seek your destruction.

Jacob 3:2 2 O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads andreceive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love; for yemay, if your minds are firm, forever.

Jacob 3:3 3 But, wo, wo, unto you that are not pure in heart, that arefilthy this day before God; for except ye repent the land iscursed for your sakes; and the Lamanites, which are not filthylike unto you, nevertheless they are cursed with a sore cursing,shall scourge you even unto destruction.

Jacob 3:4 4 And the time speedily cometh, that except ye repent they shallpossess the land of your inheritance, and the Lord God will leadaway the righteous out from among you.

Jacob 3:5 5 Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because oftheir filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon theirskins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgottenthe commandment of the Lord, which was given unto ourfather--that they should have save it were one wife, andconcubines they should have none, and there should not bewhoredoms committed among them.

Jacob 3:6 6 And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore,because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the LordGod will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; andone day they shall become a blessed people.

Jacob 3:7 7 Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives lovetheir husbands; and their husbands and their wives love theirchildren; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you isbecause of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how muchbetter are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator?

Jacob 3:8 8 O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sinsthat their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall bebrought with them before the throne of God.

Jacob 3:9 9 Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word ofGod, that ye revile no more against them because of the darknessof their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because oftheir filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, andremember that their filthiness came because of their fathers.

Jacob 3:10 10 Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye havegrieved their hearts because of the example that ye have setbefore them; and also, remember that ye may, because of yourfilthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sinsbe heaped upon your heads at the last day.

Jacob 3:11 11 O my brethren, hearken unto my words; arouse the faculties ofyour souls; shake yourselves that ye may awake from the slumberof death; and loose yourselves from the pains of hell that ye maynot become angels to the devil, to be cast into that lake of fireand brimstone which is the second death.

Jacob 3:12 12 And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people ofNephi, warning them against fornication and lasciviousness, andevery kind of sin, telling them the awful consequences of them.

Jacob 3:13 13 And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, whichnow began to be numerous, cannot be written upon these plates;but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates,and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of theirkings.

Jacob 3:14 14 These plates are called the plates of Jacob, and they weremade by the hand of Nephi. And I make an end of speaking thesewords.

Jacob 4Chapter 4

Jacob 4:1 1 Now behold, it came to pass that I, Jacob, having ministeredmuch unto my people in word, (and I cannot write but a little ofmy words, because of the difficulty of engraving our words uponplates) and we know that the things which we write upon platesmust remain;

Jacob 4:2 2 But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be uponplates must perish and vanish away; but we can write a few wordsupon plates, which will give our children, and also our belovedbrethren, a small degree of knowledge concerning us, orconcerning their fathers--

Jacob 4:3 3 Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently toengraven these words upon plates, hoping that our belovedbrethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts,and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not withsorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents.

Jacob 4:4 4 For, for this intent have we written these things, that theymay know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glorymany hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselveshad a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets whichwere before us.

Jacob 4:5 5 Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father inhis name, and also we worship the Father in his name. And forthis intent we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls tohim; and for this cause it is sanctified unto us forrighteousness, even as it was accounted unto Abraham in thewilderness to be obedient unto the commands of God in offering uphis son Isaac, which is a similitude of God and his Only BegottenSon.

Jacob 4:6 6 Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have manyrevelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all thesewitnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken,insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and thevery trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

Jacob 4:7 7 Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our weakness that we mayknow that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions untothe children of men, that we have power to do these things.

Jacob 4:8 8 Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. Howunsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it isimpossible that man should find out all his ways. And no manknoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore,brethren, despise not the revelations of God.

Jacob 4:9 9 For behold, by the power of his word man came upon the face ofthe earth, which earth was created by the power of his word. Wherefore, if God being able to speak and the world was, and tospeak and man was created, O then, why not able to command theearth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it,according to his will and pleasure?

Jacob 4:10 10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but totake counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know thathe counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, overall his works.

Jacob 4:11 11 Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him throughthe atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtaina resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection whichis in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ untoGod, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in himbefore he manifesteth himself in the flesh.

Jacob 4:12 12 And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things;for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to aperfect knowledge of him, as to attain to the knowledge of aresurrection and the world to come?

Jacob 4:13 13 Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy tothe understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth andlieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are,and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things aremanifested unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls. Butbehold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God alsospake them unto prophets of old.

Jacob 4:14 14 But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and theydespised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, andsought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore,because of their blindness, which blindness came by lookingbeyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken awayhis plainness from them, and delivered unto them many thingswhich they cannot understand, because they desired it. Andbecause they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble.

Jacob 4:15 15 And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying;for I perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, thatby the stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone uponwhich they might build and have safe foundation.

Jacob 4:16 16 But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shallbecome the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation,upon which the Jews can build.

Jacob 4:17 17 And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, afterhaving rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, thatit may become the head of their corner?

Jacob 4:18 18 Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery untoyou; if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness inthe Spirit, and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.

Jacob 5Chapter 5

Jacob 5:1 1 Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the wordsof the prophet Zenos, which he spake unto the house of Israel,saying:

Jacob 5:2 2 Hearken, O ye house of Israel, and hear the words of me, aprophet of the Lord.

Jacob 5:3 3 For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house ofIsrael, like unto a tame olive-tree, which a man took andnourished in his vineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and beganto decay.

Jacob 5:4 4 And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard wentforth, and he saw that his olive-tree began to decay; and hesaid: I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it, thatperhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches, and itperish not.

Jacob 5:5 5 And it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it,and nourished it according to his word.

Jacob 5:6 6 And it came to pass that after many days it began to put forthsomewhat a little, young and tender branches; but behold, themain top thereof began to perish.

Jacob 5:7 7 And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it,and he said unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should losethis tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wildolive-tree, and bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck offthose main branches which are beginning to wither away, and wewill cast them into the fire that they may be burned.

Jacob 5:8 8 And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away manyof these young and tender branches, and I will graft themwhithersoever I will; and it mattereth not that if it so be thatthe root of this tree will perish, I may preserve the fruitthereof unto myself; wherefore, I will take these young andtender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will.

Jacob 5:9 9 Take thou the branches of the wild olive-tree, and graft themin, in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off Iwill cast into the fire and burn them, that they may not cumberthe ground of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:10 10 And it came to pass that the servant of the Lord of thevineyard did according to the word of the Lord of the vineyard,and grafted in the branches of the wild olive-tree.

Jacob 5:11 11 And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be diggedabout, and pruned, and nourished, saying unto his servant: Itgrieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, that perhapsI might preserve the roots thereof that they perish not, that Imight preserve them unto myself, I have done this thing.

Jacob 5:13 13 And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard,whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee; and I do itthat I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree;and also, that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season,unto myself; for it grieveth me that I should lose this tree andthe fruit thereof.

Jacob 5:14 14 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard went hisway, and hid the natural branches of the tame olive-tree in thenethermost parts of the vineyard, some in one and some inanother, according to his will and pleasure.

Jacob 5:15 15 And it came to pass that a long time passed away, and theLord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go downinto the vineyard, that we may labor in the vineyard.

Jacob 5:16 16 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard, and alsothe servant, went down into the vineyard to labor. And it cameto pass that the servant said unto his master: Behold, look here;behold the tree.

Jacob 5:17 17 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked andbeheld the tree in the which the wild olive branches had beengrafted; and it had sprung forth and begun to bear fruit. And hebeheld that it was good; and the fruit thereof was like unto thenatural fruit.

Jacob 5:18 18 And he said unto the servant: Behold, the branches of thewild tree have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof,that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength; andbecause of the much strength of the root thereof the wildbranches have brought forth tame fruit. Now, if we had notgrafted in these branches, the tree thereof would have perished. And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit, which the treethereof hath brought forth; and the fruit thereof I shall lay upagainst the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:19 19 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said untothe servant: Come, let us go to the nethermost part of thevineyard, and behold if the natural branches of the tree have notbrought forth much fruit also, that I may lay up of the fruitthereof against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:20 20 And it came to pass that they went forth whither the masterhad hid the natural branches of the tree, and he said unto theservant: Behold these; and he beheld the first that it hadbrought forth much fruit; and he beheld also that it was good. And he said unto the servant: Take of the fruit thereof, and layit up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine ownself; for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it,and it hath brought forth much fruit.

Jacob 5:21 21 And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master:How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of thetree? For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thyvineyard.

Jacob 5:22 22 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; Iknew that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said untothee, I have nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest thatit hath brought forth much fruit.

Jacob 5:23 23 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said untohis servant: Look hither; behold I have planted another branch ofthe tree also; and thou knowest that this spot of ground waspoorer than the first. But, behold the tree. I have nourishedit this long time, and it hath brought forth much fruit;therefore, gather it, and lay it up against the season, that Imay preserve it unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:24 24 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said againunto his servant: Look hither, and behold another branch also,which I have planted; behold that I have nourished it also, andit hath brought forth fruit.

Jacob 5:25 25 And he said unto the servant: Look hither and behold thelast. Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground; andI have nourished it this long time, and only a part of the treehath brought forth tame fruit, and the other part of the treehath brought forth wild fruit; behold, I have nourished this treelike unto the others.

Jacob 5:26 26 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said untothe servant: Pluck off the branches that have not brought forthgood fruit, and cast them into the fire.

Jacob 5:27 27 But behold, the servant said unto him: Let us prune it, anddig about it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it maybring forth good fruit unto thee, that thou canst lay it upagainst the season.

Jacob 5:28 28 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and theservant of the Lord of the vineyard did nourish all the fruit ofthe vineyard.

Jacob 5:29 29 And it came to pass that a long time had passed away, and theLord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go downinto the vineyard, that we may labor again in the vineyard. Forbehold, the time draweth near, and the end soon cometh;wherefore, I must lay up fruit against the season, unto mine ownself.

Jacob 5:30 30 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and theservant went down into the vineyard; and they came to the treewhose natural branches had been broken off, and the wild brancheshad been grafted in; and behold all sorts of fruit did cumber thetree.

Jacob 5:31 31 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard did tasteof the fruit, every sort according to its number. And the Lordof the vineyard said: Behold, this long time have we nourishedthis tree, and I have laid up unto myself against the season muchfruit.

Jacob 5:32 32 But behold, this time it hath brought forth much fruit, andthere is none of it which is good. And behold, there are allkinds of bad fruit; and it profiteth me nothing, notwithstandingall our labor; and now it grieveth me that I should lose thistree.

Jacob 5:33 33 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Whatshall we do unto the tree, that I may preserve again good fruitthereof unto mine own self?

Jacob 5:34 34 And the servant said unto his master: Behold, because thoudidst graft in the branches of the wild olive-tree they havenourished the roots, that they are alive and they have notperished; wherefore thou beholdest that they are yet good.

Jacob 5:35 35 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said untohis servant: The tree profiteth me nothing, and the roots thereofprofit me nothing so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.

Jacob 5:36 36 Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good, and for mineown purpose I have preserved them; and because of their muchstrength they have hitherto brought forth, from the wildbranches, good fruit.

Jacob 5:37 37 But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun theroots thereof; and because that the wild branches have overcomethe roots thereof it hath brought forth much evil fruit; andbecause that it hath brought forth so much evil fruit thoubeholdest that it beginneth to perish; and it will soon becomeripened, that it may be cast into the fire, except we should dosomething for it to preserve it.

Jacob 5:38 38 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said untohis servant: Let us go down into the nethermost parts of thevineyard, and behold if the natural branches have also broughtforth evil fruit.

Jacob 5:39 39 And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermostparts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld thatthe fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea,the first and the second and also the last; and they had allbecome corrupt.

Jacob 5:40 40 And the wild fruit of the last had overcome that part of thetree which brought forth good fruit, even that the branch hadwithered away and died.

Jacob 5:41 41 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept, andsaid unto the servant: What could I have done more for myvineyard?

Jacob 5:42 42 Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save itwere these, had become corrupted. And now these which have oncebrought forth good fruit have also become corrupted; and now allthe trees of my vineyard are good for nothing save it be to behewn down and cast into the fire.

Jacob 5:43 43 And behold this last, whose branch hath withered away, I didplant in a good spot of ground; yea, even that which was choiceunto me above all other parts of the land of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:44 44 And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumberedthis spot of ground, that I might plant this tree in the steadthereof.

Jacob 5:45 45 And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth goodfruit, and a part thereof brought forth wild fruit; and because Iplucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire,behold, they have overcome the good branch that it hath witheredaway.

Jacob 5:46 46 And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care which we havetaken of my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted,that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped topreserve, to have laid up fruit thereof against the season, untomine own self. But, behold, they have become like unto the wildolive-tree, and they are of no worth but to be hewn down and castinto the fire; and it grieveth me that I should lose them.

Jacob 5:47 47 But what could I have done more in my vineyard? Have Islackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it, Nay, I havenourished it, and I have digged about it, and I have pruned it,and I have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almostall the day long, and the end draweth nigh. And it grieveth methat I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard, and castthem into the fire that they should be burned. Who is it thathas corrupted my vineyard?

Jacob 5:48 48 And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Isit not the loftiness of thy vineyard--have not the branchesthereof overcome the roots which are good? And because thebranches have overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew fasterthan the strength of the roots, taking strength unto themselves. Behold, I say, is not this the cause that the trees of thyvineyard have become corrupted?

Jacob 5:49 49 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said untothe servant: Let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyardand cast them into the fire, that they shall not cumber theground of my vineyard, for I have done all. What could I havedone more for my vineyard?

Jacob 5:50 50 But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard:Spare it a little longer.

Jacob 5:51 51 And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, forit grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:52 52 Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these which I haveplanted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard, and let us graftthem into the tree from whence they came; and let us pluck fromthe tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter, and graft inthe natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof.

Jacob 5:53 53 And this will I do that the tree may not perish, that,perhaps, I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mineown purpose.

Jacob 5:54 54 And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the treewhich I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive; wherefore,that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose, I will takeof the branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them.

Yea, I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree,that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self, that whenthey shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they may bring forthgood fruit unto me, and I may yet have glory in the fruit of myvineyard.

Jacob 5:55 55 And it came to pass that they took from the natural treewhich had become wild, and grafted in unto the natural trees,which also had become wild.

Jacob 5:56 56 And they also took of the natural trees which had becomewild, and grafted into their mother tree.

Jacob 5:57 57 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck notthe wild branches from the trees, save it be those which are mostbitter; and in them ye shall graft according to that which I havesaid.

Jacob 5:58 58 And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard, and wewill trim up the branches thereof; and we will pluck from thetrees those branches which are ripened, that must perish, andcast them into the fire.

Jacob 5:59 59 And this I do that, perhaps, the roots thereof may takestrength because of their goodness; and because of the change ofthe branches, that the good may overcome the evil.

Jacob 5:60 60 And because that I have preserved the natural branches andthe roots thereof, and that I have grafted in the naturalbranches again into their mother tree, and have preserved theroots of their mother tree, that, perhaps, the trees of myvineyard may bring forth again good fruit; and that I may havejoy again in the fruit of my vineyard, and, perhaps, that I mayrejoice exceedingly that I have preserved the roots and thebranches of the first fruit--

Jacob 5:61 61 Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labordiligently with our might in the vineyard, that we may preparethe way, that I may bring forth again the natural fruit, whichnatural fruit is good and the most precious above all otherfruit.

Jacob 5:62 62 Wherefore, let us go to and labor with our might this lasttime, for behold the end draweth nigh, and this is for the lasttime that I shall prune my vineyard.

Jacob 5:63 63 Graft in the branches; begin at the last that they may befirst, and that the first may be last, and dig about the trees,both old and young, the first and the last; and the last and thefirst, that all may be nourished once again for the last time.

Jacob 5:64 64 Wherefore, dig about them, and prune them, and dung them oncemore, for the last time, for the end draweth nigh. And if it beso that these last grafts shall grow, and bring forth the naturalfruit, then shall ye prepare the way for them, that they maygrow.

Jacob 5:65 65 And as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the brancheswhich bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of thegood and the size thereof; and ye shall not clear away the badthereof all at once, lest the roots thereof should be too strongfor the graft, and the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose thetrees of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:66 66 For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of myvineyard; wherefore ye shall clear away the bad according as thegood shall grow, that the root and the top may be equal instrength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad behewn down and cast into the fire, that they cumber not the groundof my vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the bad out of myvineyard.

Jacob 5:67 67 And the branches of the natural tree will I graft in againinto the natural tree;

Jacob 5:68 68 And the branches of the natural tree will I graft into thenatural branches of the tree; and thus will I bring them togetheragain, that they shall bring forth the natural fruit, and theyshall be one.

Jacob 5:69 69 And the bad shall be cast away, yea, even out of all the landof my vineyard; for behold, only this once will I prune myvineyard.

Jacob 5:70 70 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent hisservant; and the servant went and did as the Lord had commandedhim, and brought other servants; and they were few.

Jacob 5:71 71 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and laborin the vineyard, with your might. For behold, this is the lasttime that I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh athand, and the season speedily cometh; and if ye labor with yourmight with me ye shall have joy in the fruit which I shall lay upunto myself against the time which will soon come.

Jacob 5:72 72 And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor withtheir mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also withthem; and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of thevineyard in all things.

Jacob 5:73 73 And there began to be the natural fruit again in thevineyard; and the natural branches began to grow and thriveexceedingly; and the wild branches began to be plucked off and tobe cast away; and they did keep the root and the top thereofequal, according to the strength thereof.

Jacob 5:74 74 And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to thecommandments of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad hadbeen cast away out of the vineyard, and the Lord had preservedunto himself that the trees had become again the natural fruit;and they became like unto one body; and the fruits were equal;and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto himself thenatural fruit, which was most precious unto him from thebeginning.

Jacob 5:75 75 And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard sawthat his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no morecorrupt, he called up his servants, and said unto them: Behold,for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thoubeholdest that I have done according to my will; and I havepreserved the natural fruit, that it is good, even like as it wasin the beginning. And blessed art thou; for because ye have beendiligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept mycommandments, and have brought unto me again the natural fruit,that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away,behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit of myvineyard.

Jacob 5:76 76 For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of myvineyard unto mine own self against the season, which speedilycometh; and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard, andpruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it; wherefore I will layup unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time, according tothat which I have spoken.

Jacob 5:77 77 And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again comeinto my vineyard, then will I cause the good and the bad to begathered; and the good will I preserve unto myself, and the badwill I cast away into its own place. And then cometh the seasonand the end; and my vineyard will I cause to be burned with fire.

Jacob 6Chapter 6

Jacob 6:1 1 And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I wouldprophesy, behold, this is my prophecy--that the things which thisprophet Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the whichhe likened them unto a tame olive-tree, must surely come to pass.

Jacob 6:2 2 And the day that he shall set his hand again the second timeto recover his people, is the day, yea, even the last time, thatthe servants of the Lord shall go forth in his power, to nourishand prune his vineyard; and after that the end soon cometh.

Jacob 6:3 3 And how blessed are they who have labored diligently in hisvineyard; and how cursed are they who shall be cast out intotheir own place! And the world shall be burned with fire.

Jacob 6:4 4 And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth thehouse of Israel, both roots and branches; and he stretches forthhis hands unto them all the day long; and they are a stiffneckedand a gainsaying people; but as many as will not harden theirhearts shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

Jacob 6:5 5 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words ofsoberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose ofheart, and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you. And whilehis arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day,harden not your hearts.

Jacob 6:7 7 For behold, after ye have been nourished by the good word ofGod all the day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit, that yemust be hewn down and cast into the fire?

Jacob 6:8 8 Behold, will ye reject these words? Will ye reject the wordsof the prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have beenspoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerninghim; and deny the good word of Christ, and the power of God, andthe gift of the Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and makea mock of the great plan of redemption, which hath been laid foryou?

Jacob 6:9 9 Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power ofthe redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, willbring you to stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar ofGod?

Jacob 6:10 10 And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot bedenied, ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone,whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth upforever and ever, which lake of fire and brimstone is endlesstorment.

Jacob 6:11 11 O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at thestrait gate, and continue in the way which is narrow, until yeshall obtain eternal life.

Jacob 6:12 12 O be wise; what can I say more?

Jacob 6:13 13 Finally, I bid you farewell, until I shall meet you beforethe pleasing bar of God, which bar striketh the wicked with awfuldread and fear. Amen.

Jacob 7Chapter 7

Jacob 7:1 1 And now it came to pass after some years had passed away,there came a man among the people of Nephi, whose name wasSherem.

Jacob 7:2 2 And it came to pass that he began to preach among the people,and to declare unto them that there should be no Christ. And hepreached many things which were flattering unto the people; andthis he did that he might overthrow the doctrine of Christ.

Jacob 7:3 3 And he labored diligently that he might lead away the heartsof the people, insomuch that he did lead away many hearts; and heknowing that I, Jacob, had faith in Christ who should come, hesought much opportunity that he might come unto me.

Jacob 7:4 4 And he was learned, that he had a perfect knowledge of thelanguage of the people; wherefore, he could use much flattery,and much power of speech, according to the power of the devil.

Jacob 7:5 5 And he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstandingthe many revelations and the many things which I had seenconcerning these things; for I truly had seen angels, and theyhad ministered unto me. And also, I had heard the voice of theLord speaking unto me in very word, from time to time; wherefore,I could not be shaken.

Jacob 7:6 6 And it came to pass that he came unto me, and on this wise didhe speak unto me, saying: Brother Jacob, I have sought muchopportunity that I might speak unto you; for I have heard andalso know that thou goest about much, preaching that which yecall the gospel, or the doctrine of Christ.

Jacob 7:7 7 And ye have led away much of this people that they pervert theright way of God, and keep not the law of Moses which is theright way; and convert the law of Moses into the worship of abeing which ye say shall come many hundred years hence. And nowbehold, I, Sherem, declare unto you that this is blasphemy; forno man knoweth of such things; for he cannot tell of things tocome. And after this manner did Sherem contend against me.

Jacob 7:8 8 But behold, the Lord God poured in his Spirit into my soul,insomuch that I did confound him in all his words.

Jacob 7:9 9 And I said unto him: Deniest thou the Christ who shall come? And he said: If there should be a Christ, I would not deny him;but I know that there is no Christ, neither has been, nor everwill be.

Jacob 7:10 10 And I said unto him: Believest thou the scriptures? And hesaid, Yea.

Jacob 7:11 11 And I said unto him: Then ye do not understand them; for theytruly testify of Christ. Behold, I say unto you that none of theprophets have written, nor prophesied, save they have spokenconcerning this Christ.

Jacob 7:12 12 And this is not all--it has been made manifest unto me, for Ihave heard and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto meby the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there shouldbe no atonement made all mankind must be lost.

Jacob 7:13 13 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Show me a sign bythis power of the Holy Ghost, in the which ye know so much.

Jacob 7:14 14 And I said unto him: What am I that I should tempt God toshow unto thee a sign in the thing which thou knowest to be true?

Yet thou wilt deny it, because thou art of the devil. Nevertheless, not my will be done; but if God shall smite thee,let that be a sign unto thee that he has power, both in heavenand in earth; and also, that Christ shall come. And thy will, OLord, be done, and not mine.

Jacob 7:15 15 And it came to pass that when I, Jacob, had spoken thesewords, the power of the Lord came upon him, insomuch that he fellto the earth. And it came to pass that he was nourished for thespace of many days.

Jacob 7:16 16 And it came to pass that he said unto the people: Gathertogether on the morrow, for I shall die; wherefore, I desire tospeak unto the people before I shall die.

Jacob 7:17 17 And it came to pass that on the morrow the multitude weregathered together; and he spake plainly unto them and denied thethings which he had taught them, and confessed the Christ, andthe power of the Holy Ghost, and the ministering of angels.

Jacob 7:18 18 And he spake plainly unto them, that he had been deceived bythe power of the devil. And he spake of hell, and of eternity,and of eternal punishment.

Jacob 7:19 19 And he said: I fear lest I have committed the unpardonablesin, for I have lied unto God; for I denied the Christ, and saidthat I believed the scriptures; and they truly testify of him. And because I have thus lied unto God I greatly fear lest my caseshall be awful; but I confess unto God.

Jacob 7:20 20 And it came to pass that when he had said these words hecould say no more, and he gave up the ghost.

Jacob 7:21 21 And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake thesethings as he was about to give up the ghost, they were astonishedexceedingly; insomuch that the power of God came down upon them,and they were overcome that they fell to the earth.

Jacob 7:22 22 Now, this thing was pleasing unto me, Jacob, for I hadrequested it of my Father who was in heaven; for he had heard mycry and answered my prayer.

Jacob 7:23 23 And it came to pass that peace and the love of God wasrestored again among the people; and they searched thescriptures, and hearkened no more to the words of this wickedman.

Jacob 7:24 24 And it came to pass that many means were devised to reclaimand restore the Lamanites to the knowledge of the truth; but itall was vain, for they delighted in wars and bloodshed, and theyhad an eternal hatred against us, their brethren. And theysought by the power of their arms to destroy us continually.

Jacob 7:25 25 Wherefore, the people of Nephi did fortify against them withtheir arms, and with all their might, trusting in the God androck of their salvation; wherefore, they became as yet,conquerors of their enemies.

Jacob 7:26 26 And it came to pass that I, Jacob, began to be old; and therecord of this people being kept on the other plates of Nephi,wherefore, I conclude this record, declaring that I have writtenaccording to the best of my knowledge, by saying that the timepassed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as itwere unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people,wanderers, cast out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in awilderness, and hated of our brethren, which caused wars andcontentions; wherefore, we did mourn out our days.

Jacob 7:27 27 And I, Jacob, saw that I must soon go down to my grave;wherefore, I said unto my son Enos: Take these plates. And Itold him the things which my brother Nephi had commanded me, andhe promised obedience unto the commands. And I make an end of mywriting upon these plates, which writing has been small; and tothe reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren mayread my words. Brethren, adieu.

Enos 1THE BOOK OF ENOS

Enos 1:1 1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Enos, knowing my father thathe was a just man--for he taught me in his language, and also inthe nurture and admonition of the Lord--and blessed be the nameof my God for it--

Enos 1:2 2 And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God,before I received a remission of my sins.

Enos 1:3 3 Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the wordswhich I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life,and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart.

Enos 1:4 4 And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, andI cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine ownsoul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when thenight came I did still raise my voice high that it reached theheavens.

Enos 1:8 8 And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thouhast never before heard nor seen. And many years pass awaybefore he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to,thy faith hath made thee whole.

Enos 1:9 9 Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words I beganto feel a desire for the welfare of my brethren, the Nephites;wherefore, I did pour out my whole soul unto God for them.

Enos 1:10 10 And while I was thus struggling in the spirit, behold, thevoice of the Lord came into my mind again, saying: I will visitthy brethren according to their diligence in keeping mycommandments. I have given unto them this land, and it is a holyland; and I curse it not save it be for the cause of iniquity;wherefore, I will visit thy brethren according as I have said;and their transgressions will I bring down with sorrow upon theirown heads.

Enos 1:11 11 And after I, Enos, had heard these words, my faith began tobe unshaken in the Lord; and I prayed unto him with many longstrugglings for my brethren, the Lamanites.

Enos 1:12 12 And it came to pass that after I had prayed and labored withall diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto theeaccording to thy desires, because of thy faith.

Enos 1:13 13 And now behold, this was the desire which I desired ofhim--that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites,should fall into transgression, and by any means be destroyed,and the Lamanites should not be destroyed, that the Lord Godwould preserve a record of my people, the Nephites; even if it sobe by the power of his holy arm, that it might be brought forthat some future day unto the Lamanites, that, perhaps, they mightbe brought unto salvation--

Enos 1:14 14 For at the present our strugglings were vain in restoringthem to the true faith. And they swore in their wrath that, ifit were possible, they would destroy our records and us, and alsoall the traditions of our fathers.

Enos 1:15 15 Wherefore, I knowing that the Lord God was able to preserveour records, I cried unto him continually, for he had said untome: Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that yeshall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.

Enos 1:16 16 And I had faith, and I did cry unto God that he wouldpreserve the records; and he covenanted with me that he wouldbring them forth unto the Lamanites in his own due time.

Enos 1:17 17 And I, Enos, knew it would be according to the covenant whichhe had made; wherefore my soul did rest.

Enos 1:18 18 And the Lord said unto me: Thy fathers have also required ofme this thing; and it shall be done unto them according to theirfaith; for their faith was like unto thine.

Enos 1:19 19 And now it came to pass that I, Enos, went about among thepeople of Nephi, prophesying of things to come, and testifying ofthe things which I had heard and seen.

Enos 1:20 20 And I bear record that the people of Nephi did seekdiligently to restore the Lamanites unto the true faith in God. But our labors were vain; their hatred was fixed, and they wereled by their evil nature that they became wild, and ferocious,and a bloodthirsty people, full of idolatry and filthiness;feeding upon beasts of prey; dwelling in tents, and wanderingabout in the wilderness with a short skin girdle about theirloins and their heads shaven; and their skill was in the bow, andin the cimeter, and the ax. And many of them did eat nothingsave it was raw meat; and they were continually seeking todestroy us.

Enos 1:21 21 And it came to pass that the people of Nephi did till theland, and raise all manner of grain, and of fruit, and flocks ofherds, and flocks of all manner of cattle of every kind, andgoats, and wild goats, and also many horses.

Enos 1:22 22 And there were exceedingly many prophets among us. And thepeople were a stiffnecked people, hard to understand.

Enos 1:23 23 And there was nothing save it was exceeding harshness,preaching and prophesying of wars, and contentions, anddestructions, and continually reminding them of death, and theduration of eternity, and the judgments and the power of God, andall these things--stirring them up continually to keep them inthe fear of the Lord. I say there was nothing short of thesethings, and exceedingly great plainness of speech, would keepthem from going down speedily to destruction. And after thismanner do I write concerning them.

Enos 1:24 24 And I saw wars between the Nephites and Lamanites in thecourse of my days.

Enos 1:25 25 And it came to pass that I began to be old, and an hundredand seventy and nine years had passed away from the time that ourfather Lehi left Jerusalem.

Enos 1:26 26 And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having beenwrought upon by the power of God that I must preach and prophesyunto this people, and declare the word according to the truthwhich is in Christ. And I have declared it in all my days, andhave rejoiced in it above that of the world.

Enos 1:27 27 And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with myRedeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice inthe day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall standbefore him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he willsay unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place preparedfor you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.

Jarom 1THE BOOK OF JAROM

Jarom 1:1 1 Now behold, I, Jarom, write a few words according to thecommandment of my father, Enos, that our genealogy may be kept.

Jarom 1:2 2 And as these plates are small, and as these things are writtenfor the intent of the benefit of our brethren the Lamanites,wherefore, it must needs be that I write a little; but I shallnot write the things of my prophesying, nor of my revelations. For what could I write more than my fathers have written? Forhave not they revealed the plan of salvation? I say unto you,Yea; and this sufficeth me.

Jarom 1:3 3 Behold, it is expedient that much should be done among thispeople, because of the hardness of their hearts, and the deafnessof their ears, and the blindness of their minds, and thestiffness of their necks; nevertheless, God is exceedinglymerciful unto them, and has not as yet swept them off from theface of the land.

Jarom 1:4 4 And there are many among us who have many revelations, forthey are not all stiffnecked. And as many as are not stiffneckedand have faith, have communion with the Holy Spirit, which makethmanifest unto the children of men, according to their faith.

Jarom 1:5 5 And now, behold, two hundred years had passed away, and thepeople of Nephi had waxed strong in the land. They observed tokeep the law of Moses and the sabbath day holy unto the Lord. And they profaned not; neither did they blaspheme. And the lawsof the land were exceedingly strict.

Jarom 1:6 6 And they were scattered upon much of the face of the land, andthe Lamanites also. And they were exceedingly more numerous thanwere they of the Nephites; and they loved murder and would drinkthe blood of beasts.

Jarom 1:7 7 And it came to pass that they came many times against us, theNephites, to battle. But our kings and our leaders were mightymen in the faith of the Lord; and they taught the people the waysof the Lord; wherefore, we withstood the Lamanites and swept themaway out of our lands, and began to fortify our cities, orwhatsoever place of our inheritance.

Jarom 1:8 8 And we multiplied exceedingly, and spread upon the face of theland, and became exceedingly rich in gold, and in silver, and inprecious things, and in fine workmanship of wood, in buildings,and in machinery, and also in iron and copper, and brass andsteel, making all manner of tools of every kind to till theground, and weapons of war--yea, the sharp pointed arrow, and thequiver, and the dart, and the javelin, and all preparations forwar.

Jarom 1:9 9 And thus being prepared to meet the Lamanites, they did notprosper against us. But the word of the Lord was verified, whichhe spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye will keepmy commandments ye shall prosper in the land.

Jarom 1:10 10 And it came to pass that the prophets of the Lord didthreaten the people of Nephi, according to the word of God, thatif they did not keep the commandments, but should fall intotransgression, they should be destroyed from off the face of theland.

Jarom 1:11 11 Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers,did labor diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering thepeople to diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intentfor which it was given; persuading them to look forward unto theMessiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was. And after this manner did they teach them.

Jarom 1:12 12 And it came to pass that by so doing they kept them frombeing destroyed upon the face of the land; for they did pricktheir hearts with the word, continually stirring them up untorepentance.

Jarom 1:13 13 And it came to pass that two hundred and thirty and eightyears had passed away--after the manner of wars, and contentions,and dissensions, for the space of much of the time.

Jarom 1:14 14 And I, Jarom, do not write more, for the plates are small. But behold, my brethren, ye can go to the other plates of Nephi;for behold, upon them the records of our wars are engraven,according to the writings of the kings, or those which theycaused to be written.

Jarom 1:15 15 And I deliver these plates into the hands of my son Omni,that they may be kept according to the commandments of myfathers.

Omni 1THE BOOK OF OMNI

Omni 1:1 1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Omni, being commanded by myfather, Jarom, that I should write somewhat upon these plates, topreserve our genealogy--

Omni 1:2 2 Wherefore, in my days, I would that ye should know that Ifought much with the sword to preserve my people, the Nephites,from falling into the hands of their enemies, the Lamanites. Butbehold, I of myself am a wicked man, and I have not kept thestatutes and the commandments of the Lord as I ought to havedone.

Omni 1:3 3 And it came to pass that two hundred and seventy and six yearshad passed away, and we had many seasons of peace; and we hadmany seasons of serious war and bloodshed. Yea, and in fine, twohundred and eighty and two years had passed away, and I had keptthese plates according to the commandments of my fathers; and Iconferred them upon my son Amaron. And I make an end.

Omni 1:4 4 And now I, Amaron, write the things whatsoever I write, whichare few, in the book of my father.

Omni 1:5 5 Behold, it came to pass that three hundred and twenty yearshad passed away, and the more wicked part of the Nephites weredestroyed.

Omni 1:6 6 For the Lord would not suffer, after he had led them out ofthe land of Jerusalem and kept and preserved them from fallinginto the hands of their enemies, yea, he would not suffer thatthe words should not be verified, which he spake unto ourfathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye will not keep mycommandments ye shall not prosper in the land.

Omni 1:7 7 Wherefore, the Lord did visit them in great judgment;nevertheless, he did spare the righteous that they should notperish, but did deliver them out of the hands of their enemies.

Omni 1:8 8 And it came to pass that I did deliver the plates unto mybrother Chemish.

Omni 1:9 9 Now I, Chemish, write what few things I write, in the samebook with my brother; for behold, I saw the last which he wrote,that he wrote it with his own hand; and he wrote it in the daythat he delivered them unto me. And after this manner we keepthe records, for it is according to the commandments of ourfathers. And I make an end.

Omni 1:10 10 Behold, I, Abinadom, am the son of Chemish. Behold, it cameto pass that I saw much war and contention between my people, theNephites, and the Lamanites; and I, with my own sword, have takenthe lives of many of the Lamanites in the defence of my brethren.

Omni 1:11 11 And behold, the record of this people is engraven upon plateswhich is had by the kings, according to the generations; and Iknow of no revelation save that which has been written, neitherprophecy; wherefore, that which is sufficient is written. And Imake an end.

Omni 1:12 12 Behold, I am Amaleki, the son of Abinadom. Behold, I willspeak unto you somewhat concerning Mosiah, who was made king overthe land of Zarahemla; for behold, he being warned of the Lordthat he should flee out of the land of Nephi, and as many aswould hearken unto the voice of the Lord should also depart outof the land with him, into the wilderness--

Omni 1:13 13 And it came to pass that he did according as the Lord hadcommanded him. And they departed out of the land into thewilderness, as many as would hearken unto the voice of the Lord;and they were led by many preachings and prophesyings. And theywere admonished continually by the word of God; and they were ledby the power of his arm, through the wilderness, until they camedown into the land which is called the land of Zarahemla.

Omni 1:14 14 And they discovered a people, who were called the people ofZarahemla. Now, there was great rejoicing among the people ofZarahemla; and also Zarahemla did rejoice exceedingly, becausethe Lord had sent the people of Mosiah with the plates of brasswhich contained the record of the Jews.

Omni 1:15 15 Behold, it came to pass that Mosiah discovered that thepeople of Zarahemla came out from Jerusalem at the time thatZedekiah, king of Judah, was carried away captive into Babylon.

Omni 1:16 16 And they journeyed in the wilderness, and were brought by thehand of the Lord across the great waters, into the land whereMosiah discovered them; and they had dwelt there from that timeforth.

Omni 1:17 17 And at the time that Mosiah discovered them, they had becomeexceedingly numerous. Nevertheless, they had had many wars andserious contentions, and had fallen by the sword from time totime; and their language had become corrupted; and they hadbrought no records with them; and they denied the being of their